James R Wood

I hired Mr. Wood's firm to handle a HOA problem. I paid him $2,810 witch included court filing fees. he clamed that he would get "right on it". after 3 weeks nothing was done. I had sent multiple emails and phone calls. he responded that he would call first thing in the morning. never called. I final...ly drove to his office only to be amazed that he moved out and no forwarding address. I was later informed that he was dis-bared from Arizona. I had to hire another law firm and threated to call law enforcement. INCREADABLE but true!! Bryan

I could go on for days at to why Roger Wood law firm is unprofessional, lying,deceiving, and incompetent to file basic paperwork with the correct courts. Simply, he was supposed to stop a garnishment, never happen. He was supposed to file paperwork with the courts, he filed to the wrong courts months... late. Always blamed his lack of knowledge on other people. scheduled conferences and he would no call, no show.

I was searching for advice and possible representation regarding an HOA issue. Mr Wood. got back to me in a timely manner. Provided realistic advice and helped me formulate a plan that made sense and was cost effective. I ended up not needing to actually hire an attorney but I would have had no re...servations about hiring Mr. Wood based on my experiences.

My wife and I have just spent three plus years of our lives fighting a battle with our HOA pertaining to running its elections in compliance with our Community Documents and Arizona Revised Statutes. After an appeal to the Arizona Court of Appeals we were awarded $43,015.33 in legal expenses by a Pi...nal County Superior Court Judge. Quite frankly, if it had not been for Roger's guidance and knowledge we would not have WON. Roger was a stabilizing force in dealing with numerous HOA attorneys assign to our case. We started the Lawsuit with Maxwell & Morgan representing the Association. Two months into the Lawsuit the Insurance Carrier added Augustus Shaw to the case but Maxwell & Morgan also stayed to continue the battle. Believe me if there is a more unreasonable pair of HOA attorneys to deal with to deal with -- I do not want to meet them. The Associations Board of Directors just wanted to FIGHT and neither of those attorneys appears to have had a problem with that philosophy. They appeared to believe in the fact the Association has an unlimited amount of money to fight with Home Owners and the issue did not have anything to do with RIGHT or WRONG. Spending the Associations money seemed to be the Associations only defense. The Association actually agreed to concede basically everything we had asked for within the first nine months of the Lawsuit. Legal Fees became the problem. A problem we appealed to the Arizona Court of Appeals because the Original Judge ruled both sides would be responsible for their own Legal Fees. That battle would not have been fought or won if it had not been for J. Roger Wood, Esquire. Thank you for all you did for Kathy and me. Roger may not have answered every question I asked or every Email I sent BUT he did answer the important questions and more importantly WE WON and that was only possible because of Roger and Roger's knowledge. I do understand that I was not Roger's only client and he actually had to deal with some of the other clients problems once in while. Sometimes when face with problems and adversity WE tend to forget that other people have problems too. Roger was always there when we needed him. Keith and Kathy Extremely Satisfied Client Thank you Roger

While I understand that personal issues (even tragic ones) can effect a professional approach to clients, communication is key for a law office. First draft was too long coming, and when the HOA attorney responded to our final draft I was not informed of the response until AFTER the HOA board meeting.... Even if my attorney was unavailable to communicate, there is an entire office staff available to forward important information to me. During the HOA board meeting, and without prior knowledge of their attorney's response, I was left to look unprepared and misinformed. From a quick glance at other reviews I can see that this firm does some things well, but communication and timeliness is not one of them. I did write to them in regard my disappointment, and did receive a response, however the response was too little and too late.